MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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